Great California Shakeout 10/21/10

alphabassettgrrl · 10-16-2010, 03:33 PM

I would think that during the shaking, you don't want to run anywhere. Stay put, somewhere, so that you don't get hurt. It'll stop in a second, then go where you need to.

I think specific information is less useful than a general guide that you use to look at your own home and determine your course of action. Prethinking, so that you have a clue where you want to be when we get a shaker.

In our house, we can't get under the bed, so I'd get as close to the wall as I could. In the living room, no tables to get under, so again, close to the wall. I think a hallway is a decent choice in a quake- there's usually fewer items to fall on you, and one of the walls in the center of the house is probably a load-bearing wall. Bathrooms are probably good shelter places- smaller rooms, maybe more stable.

10-16-2010, 03:33 PM	#5
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I would think that during the shaking, you don't want to run anywhere. Stay put, somewhere, so that you don't get hurt. It'll stop in a second, then go where you need to. I think specific information is less useful than a general guide that you use to look at your own home and determine your course of action. Prethinking, so that you have a clue where you want to be when we get a shaker. In our house, we can't get under the bed, so I'd get as close to the wall as I could. In the living room, no tables to get under, so again, close to the wall. I think a hallway is a decent choice in a quake- there's usually fewer items to fall on you, and one of the walls in the center of the house is probably a load-bearing wall. Bathrooms are probably good shelter places- smaller rooms, maybe more stable. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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